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• I think that maybe I have read too many books about contemporary Nigeria as this book explored some of the same issues I have recently read about in fiction and nonfiction. So there was hardly any “newness” to what I listened to. A little while ago I read Into the Go-Slow and this book felt like a re-read/re-hash of the same issues.
• I also think I made a mistake of listening to the audio while waiting on the print book from my libr ...more
• I have mixed feelings/opinions about this book.
• I think that maybe I have read too many books about contemporary Nigeria as this book explored some of the same issues I have recently read about in fiction and nonfiction. So there was hardly any “newness” to what I listened to. A little while ago I read Into the Go-Slow and this book felt like a re-read/re-hash of the same issues.
• I also think I made a mistake of listening to the audio while waiting on the print book from my libr ...more
An unnamed narrator returns home to Lagos after more than a decade abroad. Through his eyes we see and feel the with its beauty and its fear. Vivid but spare writing. I’ve never been to Lagos, but I feel like through this book I get a glimpse.
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